What I Planned vs What Happened
Last Tuesday’s abortive meeting on the revamped Vaal Classic track has caused some red faces all round
21st March 2017
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Last Tuesday’s abortive meeting on the revamped Vaal Classic track has caused some red faces all round
The first race meeting on the new turf track at the Vaal will be held on Thursday 19 May and trials on the new surface suggest that the track is going to be a winner
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
The businessman was served with an interim suspension of his Assistant Trainer licence on Friday afternoon and has spoken out about what appears to be mostly a misunderstanding based on a potential lack of communication and bureaucratic red-tape challenges
